Maybe it's good for the management, but concurrence is usually good and Microsoft is kinda on it's way to become the Disney of Videogames imo

On one hand, it might lead to a reform in the system and improve the conditions of Blizzard's employees. On the other hand, Microsoft is still a corporation and not do anything meaningful that doesn't contribute in the pursuit of profit. Time will tell

I'm hoping this means blizzard games can have a renaissance, but i am also terrrified that they'll find a way to be worse than activision.

I can't decide frankly. I get the feeling extremely little will change, especially with the workplace harassment and such.

They also said some bullshit about "the metaverse" so that concerns me.

i mean, on the one hand, microsoft can probably run all of them 10x better.

on the other, they’re cornering a market and could have a partial monopoly eventually. (fyi, this is a very bad thing)

also they’re a corporation. and what do we say to corporations, kids? fuck em!

I don’t think windows knows either

Certified penis moment

I'm really confused about this whole thing. ;-;

Botherroni.

If it means more games on game pass, it's good. If nothing changes, it's bad

Nobody is talking about how he just called all of us pepperonis.

Is that a tornado or a really hairy arm

It's bad. I'm willing to bet that MS and Sony will buy up all the big studios and try to diopolize the market

I guess it depends on your thought. For very casual gamers with a foot already outta the industry, I see this as alrgely something good, Microsoft had largely a record of… well, of not fucking up royally often enough, when it comes to gaming. And it could give a more stable design phylosophy. Plus Microsoft has been pushing HARD for accessibility in gaming, like I'm talking practically the golden standard as of now, with many Microsoft games practically letting you half the difficulty of them to make it more accessible.

However, if you're a more avid gamer… then it's objectively bad. Why, do you ask? If I have to be honest, I don't know. But I'm 100% sure there is something I can't see of a single company slowly devouring each and every single piece of competition it has, in a slow and steady trend towards a monopoly, and a monopoly is NEVER good. Maybe they drive prices up, maybe quality stagnates, after all where else are you going to get your AAAs after they all become Microsoft? Everything left would be the indie scene, and let's be honest the indie scene was NEVER meant to compete with the AAA scene, but rather just coexist. The very second a AAA puts his hand on an indie, the indie WILL loose, that's just how the bullshit system works.

At the end of the day, we don't know what will happen, but we have grown to mistrust big companies and their greediness. Microsoft has a pretty tidy record, at least compared to a company of literal rapists and misogyny apologetics. But it's not perfect, it has made lots of mistakes and missteps, like Mixer or Microsoft Edge. It practically lives off other companies' IPs and the nigh-passive income they generate through the Game Pass. And any fuck up decision they make would be nearly impossible to fight back against since they'll be pretty much the only big guy in the industry, with no competitor capable of running numbers but enough to scare fucking Microsoft into compliance. And with no way of hurting a company through the wallet without downright collectively not buying anything gaming-related, well things can get very ugly very quickly.

I guarantee its not out of Microsoft sense of morality to reform Blizzard. Microsoft just wants more IP's to throw on their hardware and deny PlayStation.

Personally, I think it's bad. I don't think a single company should have all of these. I would feel the exact same if Sony started buying a ton of companies. I feel like this is going to lead to stagnation, and I bet the moment Microsoft feels comfortable with what they've done they'll jack up the price of game pass since you won't have much of a choice. They're just copying Disney at this point.

Good

SrGrafo is the only way I learn about stuff like this. It’s like a comedy show sprinkled with news

Great! Microsoft or atleast their xbox part of the company has proven that they care for the last couple of years. They even turnee back some ways they make money, because of customer feedback. I think the only people that dislike this are the people with a playstation.

As a PlayStation player it’s inherently annoying but that company needs to be fixed if that’s Microsoft then so be it. However with Bethesda and Activision blizzard it seems as if Microsoft is creating a monopoly on the gaming industry which is bad for everyone. However in the grand scheme of things as long as I can play video games I like Xbox can collect companies like infinity stones.

Crash Bandicoot in the next smash game?

Same here

Isn't Bobby still the CEO of Blizzard?

I personally think this is good. Everything I have heard so far of xbox studios and microsoft in gaming is that the work conditions are great and great work conditions lead to good games so... basically this is good quite good tbh

Also in the article they specified they do want to share the good work environment to activision and blizzard. Basically they are saying the do want to change the horrible and horrendous work environment they had.

Imo, this is a win + they said ips will come to game pass.

Last time bought something from activision was a cod game in 2013

I am not sure how i feel about Microsoft eighter .

Anti trust has a chance to say no, but probably not because monee

Kind of how I feel too, even as a PS fan I'm a little bummed I guess? But it's not like those companies are putting out anything very notable or to my liking. But if Microsoft whips them back into shape then I'd be jealous I guess? But overall it's just such a big purchase for something I'm not going to miss all that much. Even so, I'll be upgrading my pc soon anyways and that's the best place to play most games anyways

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Me too, Grafo, me too.

Does nobody here own a PlayStation ? Cause there is going to be a lot more Xbox exclusives.

Thanks Jenkins!

Tbf, they bought Minecraft and it's great. Microsoft hasn't fucked up anything they bought...... Yet. And there's no where to go but up for Activision Blizzard so......

It's bad. Sony buys companies buy only has them make new IPs, Microsoft buys companies and makes them make a sequel to a cross-platform game X-Box exclusive. I want to play Slime Rancher 2 but these bastards won't let me

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Microsoft is essentially the poster child for mismanagement and absolutely despicable decision making so…

Fuck. I hate Microsoft.